Lodge Meeting

During the closing credits, a meeting between Possum Lodge members takes place. It is the third longest-running segment on The Red Green Show in terms of appearances, behind Handyman Corner and Adventures With Bill. Most meetings take place in the lodge basement and always begin with the sounds of the possum squeal as the members arrive. After the members arrive, they all stand up and cross their arms over their chests, and recite the lodge's motto: "Quando omni flunkus moritati" (which is pseudo-Latin for "When all else fails, play dead"). Beginning in Season 9, Red Green and the lodge members lower their heads for the Man's Prayer: "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess." The Man's Prayer first appeared in the Men Anonymous segment, and after that segment was discontinued after the eighth season, was incorporated into the meeting itself. In The Big Retreat, in which women took over the Lodge, Red substituted the Woman's Prayer: "I am woman, hear me roar, I'm in charge, get over it". In The Drive-Thru, a sped-up version of the Man's Prayer is used. This segment debuted in Season 2 and ran through to the final episode, where they said the Revised Man's Prayer "I'm a man, but I changed, because I had to. Oh well."